Majority Whip Steve Scalise did NOT speak in front of a white nationalist conference after all

  Many headlines have been written about Majority Whip Steve Scalise and him having given a speech in front of the European-American Unity and Rights conference back in 2002. 

  This story was first reported by a blogger before being picked up by mainstream outlets and eventually social media was ablaze with the story. And of course Democrats called for him to step down not only from his leadership position but also from the Congress.

  Steve Scalise claimed he did not remember speaking to the group and said that if he knew what the organization stood for he would not have spoke in front of it, and he eventually apologized:

“It was a mistake I regret, and I emphatically oppose the divisive racial and religious views groups like these hold,”

  Well, if this story is correct, he has a good reason for not remembering talking to this group–he did not!

   Here is more:

Reports that Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, gave a speech to a white nationalist conference connected with David Duke in 2002 are not accurate, the man who organized the events said Wednesday (Dec. 31).

Kenny Knight, a longtime political adviser to Duke, said Scalise spoke at a meeting of the Jefferson Heights Civic Association — not affiliated with the European-American Unity and Rights conference that was held in the same Metairie hotel — two-and-a-half hours before the white nationalist event started. 

Barbara Noble, who was dating Knight and said she attended the meeting, also said Wednesday that Scalise spoke to the civic group, not EURO. 

  To quote Rick Perry, “whoops.” It turns out Steve Scalise talked to a different group over two hours before the white nationalist organization’s conference and the only connections are that the two events happened to take place at the same venue and the same person organized them. That hardly means Steve Scalise shares the views of those who attended the  European-American Unity and Rights conference.

  I will be waiting to read all the retractions from the mainstream media, but more importantly I will be waiting to hear the apologies from the Democrats who jumped to an erroneous conclusion.

    Of course I know that will never happen and in fact now that Steve Scalise has apologized for speaking  in front of an event he did not speak in front of I expect his political opponents to use the apology against him when he is up for reelection without regard for the truth.